Herb Edelman

Herb Edelman
Herb Edelman
	File:Stanzbornak0.jpg Herb Edelman as Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls (1992).
Born	Herbert Edelman
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963-1995
Spouse	Louise Sorel (1964 - 1970)

Herbert "Herb" Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best remembered roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on the long-running situation comedy, The Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere.

Early life and career

Before becoming an actor, Edelman studied to become a veterinarian at Cornell University, but left during his first year. After serving in the US Army as an announcer for Armed Forces Radio, he enrolled in Brooklyn College as a Theater student, but eventually dropped out. He later worked as a hotel manager and as a taxicab driver. One of his fares was director Mike Nichols, who in 1963 cast Edelman in his breakthrough Broadway role, as the bewildered telephone repairman in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park.

Edelman reprised his role in the 1967 film version (starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda), and appeared in the movie versions of Simon's The Odd Couple (1968) and California Suite (1978). He also appeared in an installment of the Japanese movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo in 1979.

He remains best known for his three decades in television, usually as a co-star, recurring character, or guest star (That Girl, Love, American Style, The Streets of San Francisco, Maude, Cannon, Welcome Back, Kotter, Kojak, Fantasy Island, Cagney & Lacey, MacGyver, and Murder, She Wrote), but occasionally in a lead role. He starred in the 1976 children's series Big John, Little John, as well as The Good Guys with Bob Denver (Denver's first series after Gilligan's Island), in 1969. He also appeared with Bill Bixby and Valerie Perrine in Bruce Jay Friedman's Steambath, a controversial PBS dramedy, during 1973. From 1984 to 1988, he had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere. His last role was on an episode of Burke's Law

Personal life and death

Edelman was married to soap opera actress Louise Sorel from 1964 to 1970. He was romantically linked with actress Christina Pickles (his co-star on St. Elsewhere), from the mid-1980s until the time of his death.

Edelman succumbed to emphysema in 1996, at the age of 62.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1967	In Like Flint	Russian Premier
1968	I Love You, Alice B. Toklas	Murray	Alternative title: Kiss My Butterfly
1972	The War Between Men and Women	Howard Mann
1973	The Way We Were	Bill Verso
1974	The Front Page	Schwartz	Credited as Herbert Edelman
1974	The Yakuza	Wheat	Alternative title: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
1992	The Naked Truth	Rupert Hess	Credited as Herbert Edelman
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	The Reporter	Benny	1 episode
1965	The Nurses	Marco	1 episode
1965	Honey West	Moody	1 episode
1966	Hey, Landlord	Garvin	1 episode
1966	Occasional Wife	Uncle Harry	1 episode
1967	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.	Mr. Asterick	1 episode
	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Seth Swine	1 episode
	Accidental Family	Howard	1 episode
	The Flying Nun	Albion "Al" Caine	1 episode
1971	The Bill Cosby Show	Mr. Maher	1 episode
	Bewitched	Col. Bringham	1 episode
	McMillan and Wife	Gregory Constantine	1 episode
	Mission: Impossible	Frank Mason	1 episode
1972	Banacek	Joe Taddenhurst	1 episode
	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Howard Feinstein	1 episode
	Temperatures Rising	Dr. Patterson	1 episode
1973	Ironside	David Wollens	1 episode
	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	George Benson	1 episode
	The Partridge Family	Darby Willis	1 episode
1974	Hawkins	Lt. Horowitz	1 episode
1975	Happy Days	Burglar	1 episode
	Barney Miller	Alan Schuster	1 episode
	Medical Center	Brannigan	1 episode
1977	Blansky's Beauties	Sindu	1 episode
1978	CHiPs	Sanders	1 episode
	Chico and the Man	Doctor	1 episode
	Charlie's Angels	Joey January	1 episode
1981-1982	Strike Force	Commissioner Herb Klein	19 episodes
1982-1983	Nine to Five	Harry Nussbaum	7 episodes
1984	Trapper John, M.D.	Dr. Haller	1 episode
1985	The Fall Guy	Vargas	1 episode
	The Paper Chase	Dr. Arnie Samuels	1 episode
	Highway to Heaven	Dr. Cohn	1 episode
	Hardcastle and McCormick	Harry Baxter	1 episode
1986	You Again?	Max	1 episode
1987	Matlock	Arthur Rydell	1 episode
1988	Beauty and the Beast	Harold Levinson	1 episode
1989	The Famous Teddy Z	Lassister Fogel	1 episode
1989	Out of This World	Stanley Mansfield	1 episode
1989-1990	thirtysomething	Murray Steadman	2 episodes
1990	The Bradys	Gene Dickinson	2 episodes
1990	Knots Landing	Sergeant Levine	3 episodes
1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Stern (Voice)	2 episodes
1993	The Golden Palace	Stanley Zbornak	1 episode
1994	The Mommies	Therapist	1 episode

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1987	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	The Golden Girls (For episode: "The Stan Who Came To Dinner")
1988	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	The Golden Girls (For episode: "The Audit")

References

^ "Herb Edelman, 62, A Character Actor". The New York Times. 1996-7-27. Retrieved 2009-05-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] "Herb Edelman, 62, A Character Actor". The New York Times. 1996-7-27. Retrieved 2009-05-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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